SGS Forest High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Feb 20 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Not applicable
Local authority
Gloucestershire
Unique reference
138496
Address
Causeway Road, GL14 2AZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
257 (61% of total capacity)
Boys
52.1%
Girls
47.9%
First language not English
14.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
34.6%
Persistent absence
26.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
26.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 82.9%
Other White 6.2%
Gypsy/Roma 4.3%
Other 2.7%
Mixed 2%
Irish 0.8%
Other Asian 0.8%
Indian 0.4%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 27%
Local authority average 31%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 33%
Local authority average 53%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 35.5
Local authority average 50.2
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.09
Local authority average 4.39
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE10
Art & DesignGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE11
English LanguageGCSE44
English LiteratureGCSE44
GeographyGCSE20
HistoryGCSE19
MathematicsGCSE44
MusicGCSE3
SociologyGCSE24
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

SGS Forest High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
47
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
42
2nd preference
12
3rd preference
11
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
41
2nd preference
2
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes25.8
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
37
16
21
Year 8
62
35
27
Year 9
48
24
24
Year 10
65
36
29
Year 11
45
23
22
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
73.0%
84.1%
85.5%
Further education
58.0%
25.3%
36.9%
School sixth form
15.0%
47.4%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
11.2%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.2%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
10.0%
4.3%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
4.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
7.0%
2.4%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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